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03Feb

February 2021 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon February 3, 2021April 13, 2021in Newsletter
Piglets

A Research Retrospective As the end of the project draws near, it is appropriate to highlight team members’ contributions to the outputs of the ADBCAP. The team’s accomplishments closely align with the following objectives: To better understand the roles of…

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21Aug

July 2019 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon August 21, 2019August 21, 2019in Newsletter, Symposium
Farm barns and a fence around a pasture

Biosecurity and surveillance are complementary. Health surveillance in human, plant, or animal contexts involves collecting, analyzing, and interpreting health-related data. These data then inform what is done in terms of health programs and strategic communication. National surveillance systems often rely…

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10May

May 2018 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon May 10, 2018June 18, 2019in Newsletter
A field of flowers in Florida

Our team gathered in Orlando in January, not far from the UCF campus where a number of our key personnel work. Having left sub-freezing temperatures in Vermont, it was shocking to walk outside and find it the same temperature as…

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10Dec

December 2017 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon December 10, 2017June 18, 2019in Newsletter
A farm in Texas, USA

Like the child conductor embodied in this sculpture in Mankato, MN, I enjoy leading this project with playful enthusiasm. Matt Myers assisted in designing and facilitating the project team meeting that took place in Mankato in June where the talents…

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10Feb

February 2017 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon February 10, 2017June 18, 2019in Newsletter
Goats in a barn

Friendly. Fun. Focused. For me, these words sum up the recent meeting in Mankato. New members were welcomed. Relationships were strengthened. We laughed. We learned. We looked ahead. The stated goals for the meeting were to accomplish the following: Assess…

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10Sep

September 2016 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon September 10, 2016June 18, 2019in Newsletter
A herd of llamas

Risk communication, simply put, is the ex-change of information about risks. What are risks? In common parlance (according to the Oxford English Dictionary), risk means “(exposure to) the possibility of loss, injury, or other adverse or unwelcome circumstance; a chance…

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10May

May 2016 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon May 10, 2016June 18, 2019in Newsletter
A flock of chickens

One of the speakers at the recent National Institute for Animal Agriculture conference reminded the audience that this year marks the 15th anniversary of both the 9-11 attacks in the United States and the horrific outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in…

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10Jan

January 2016 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon January 10, 2016June 18, 2019in Newsletter
Four cows in a field

Almost two years ago a talented group of individuals accepted my invitation to work together to develop an innovative integrative approach to address the problem of livestock animal health protection. We were thrilled that our proposal was selected for funding…

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The Animal Disease Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Project (ADBCAP) is a multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary collaborative supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The project focuses on human behavioral approaches to reducing the impact of livestock pests and/or diseases.
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